“The ensemble playing is as clean as a whistle. The band plays in tune and with dynamics. Also, there is some fine arranging and orchestrating going on here, and the soloists perform at top level.” PlayLevelsFineBandCleanTunesDynamicsEnsembleArranging Author:Horace Silver
“I may be prejudiced, but I believe that jazz music has the strongest healing potential, and it's not just because I play it and love it so much. I feel that it's the improvisation in jazz that makes it so strong as a healing tool, what each individual gives to a tune from their heart and their soul when they take a solo. It's all spontaneous, and it's all love, and from the heart.” GivingFeelsBelieveHeartMaySoulPlayIndividualStrongI BelieveHealingToolsAnd LoveJazzTunesStrongestSoloSpontaneousJazz MusicImprovisation Author:Horace Silver
“They didn't dictate to me as to what kind of music that they wanted me to play or what tunes, what musicians that I was going to use. They let me do my thing. That's one reason I stayed there for twenty-eight years.” YearsKindReasonPlayUseWantedMusicMusicianLet MeTwentiesJazzEightTunesJazz Music Author:Horace Silver